Across a range of rewarding activities, Upper School students are getting out of the classroom and into the cultural world.

The UCC chess team won the Canadian high school championship and is ranked among the top five in the country, and a weekly club welcomes players of all abilities.

Inventive new Old Boy Steven Tian ’23 holds two patents.

The Year 8 excursion to Regent Park and Cabbagetown was organized by teachers Joanne Hogan and Ian Toope and run by Walk T.O., a group that provides students with guided, educational city tours.

When Mark Ferley’s Year 4 students paraded down the hall to Riyaz Ismail’s Year 7 classroom, all they knew was that a special lesson was in store — and they weren’t disappointed.

“We have a unique dynamic of students from all over the world, with all kinds of interests, working together and supporting each other,” says Director of Boarding Emma Kanga.

Konrad Zawadzki, Year 12, and Lincoln Dugas-Nishisato, Year 9, have received Global Youth Action Fund (GYAF) project grants from the International Baccalaureate.

Upper School drama productions mounted during the 2023–24 theatre season will explore this compelling theme.

Says Upper School Athletics Director Brent MacKay about this year’s full return to sports programming, “Students were just eager to get going.”

Inductees’ contributions were celebrated at a reception honouring the College’s incredible volunteers.

As a young boy, Don Lindsay ’76 dreamed of becoming a professional hockey player — until his peers started growing taller and stronger and it became unlikely that he would even make the UCC team. So, he decided to turn his small size into an advantage and joined the rowing team as a coxswain.

Thanks to UCC’s Principal’s Innovation Fund, Year 9 media design students worked with exciting technology in an illustration and graphic design unit.

Starting with last year’s Class of 2022, graduates who have attended the College since senior kindergarten will receive a tie created to mark their educational journey. 

Dr. Nick Holton’s specialty is antifragility and teaching tips and tricks to remain buoyant through life’s ups and downs.

With sustainability top of mind during Earth Week, a beehive and two bee hotels will be installed on campus.

Learn more about new strength and conditioning coach Jordan Guilford and his work in the SAS at the Upper School.

Educator Liz Kleinrock, UCC’s Connor Chair for 2022–24, brought ideas and inspiration about equity and belonging.

Amit Bhalla ’05, showrunner of Hello Tomorrow! on Apple TV+, is grateful for his roots in UCC theatre.

The two first-time investors, Michael Chen and Yunkai Shi, were part of a five-person team participating in the prestigious competition run by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

UCC ensembles are flourishing in a series of live performances.

At age 60, Dr. Geoff Seagram ’55, McGill Meds ’63, FRCS(C) retired from surgical practice and teaching at the University of Calgary and became a volunteer ski coach and tennis pro — and today at 86, he offers some valuable life lessons.

VR goggles are being introduced in SK to Year 5 classrooms, allowing students to have multi-sensory learning experiences and explore new subjects in a fully immersive way.

The College ushered in the Lunar New Year this week with festivities at both the Prep and the Upper School.

A seasoned set designer for UCC productions, the Upper School geography teacher discusses his creative craft in anticipation of the Year 8/9 production of Thr’Ives, a collection of plays by David Ives.

His switch from medicine to finance — he’s now a director with RBC — is evidence that Adam Cheung ’03 doesn’t shy away from challenges or change.